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Author Van Schaack, Beth, author

Title Imagining justice for Syria / Beth Van Schaack
Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 476 pages) : illustrations
Series The Lieber studies ; volume 4
Lieber studies ; v. 4
Contents A short history of a long conflict : from revolution to atrocity -- The Security Council and international crimes in Syria : a study in dysfunction -- Deconstructing the would-be ICC referral : the politics of international justice in the Security Council -- Prospects for justice before the International Criminal Court -- A menu of models for accountability : options for an Ad Hoc Tribunal for Syria -- National courts step up : Syrian cases proceeding in domestic courts -- Civil suits : The utility of state responsibility and the law of tort -- Innovations in international criminal law documentation methodologies and institutions -- Transitional justice without transition : the international community's efforts in Syria
Summary Focused on the international community's response to the conflict in Syria, this is a book about the inexorable quest for justice, even in the face of seemingly impenetrable obstacles erected by actors intent on ensuring impunity. It features a number of creative ideas emerging from states and civil society actors intent on pursuing justice for atrocities in Syria
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online platform, viewed February 7, 2022)
Subject Assad, Bashar, 1965-
SUBJECT Assad, Bashar, 1965- fast (OCoLC)fst01578713
Subject International Criminal Court.
SUBJECT International Criminal Court. fast (OCoLC)fst00744466
Subject International crimes -- Law and legislation -- Syria
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Syria
Atrocities -- Syria
Atrocities.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Politics and government.
War crimes.
SUBJECT Syria -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98006215
Subject Syria.
Form Electronic book
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